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Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock. Biel is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing, Publishers Weekly's #1 fastest-growing publisher of 2022. Biel has been featured in Time Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Art of Autism, Reading Glasses, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll, as well as on NPR and PBS. Biel is the author of A People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life & Business on the Spectrum, Manspressions: Decoding Men's Behavior, Make a Zine, The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting, Proud to be Retarded, Bicycle Culture Rising, and more. Biel is the director of five feature films and hundreds of short films, including Aftermass: Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland, $100 & a T-Shirt, and the Groundswell film series. Biel lives in Portland, OR. Find out more at joebiel.net.


Pin #209Creates Health, Saves Money
by Joe Biel Author
The best of both worlds! Cycling lovers unite with this 1" round pinback button handmade in the USA.…
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Pin #210Consumes Money, Destroys Health
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The mechanical root of all evil. Hate cars? Us too. Show your enviromental support with this 1" round pinback…
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Pin #211One Less Car (text)
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Let us hope, in the not so distant future...Drop the car, pick up a bike! This 1" round pinback button is…
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Pin #212Put the Fun Between Your Legs (shirt-style)
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The shirt you know and love, now in 1" round pinback button form. Buy a shirt. Buy a button. Pin that…
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Pin #213Evolution Gal
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Don't just spin your wheels, evolve! This 1" round pinback button is perfect if you like cycling or…
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Pin #214Live Free or Drive!
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Live free or drive! Even if you drive a car, that doesn't mean you love it, or even tolerate it very well. Show…
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Pin #216I'm Going To Kick Your Ass
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...and get away with it. Show your support for defunding police and redistribution with this 1" round pinback…
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Pin #221Bikenomics
by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Author
Pedaling our way to health and wealth, one bike and button at a time! Encourage healthy cycling habits for yourself and…
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Pin #222Capitalism Displaces
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Gentrification exists and persists in cities everywhere. There's a lot of finger pointing and shouting going…
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Poster Comic / Catalog
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Every year lately we've been making a new catalog in the format of a poster! On the front, there's a comic (or…
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Punk Damage: How The Punk Scene Gave Me Tools and Hope - Once It Stopped Screwing Me Up
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In 2013, when John Roderick’s “Punk Rock is Bullshit: How a Toxic Social Movement Poisoned Our…
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Punks Around #3: The Minot, North Dakota Punk Scene 1989-2000
by Joe Biel Author and Alexander Herbert Series Editor
In 1999 our show in MInot, North Dakota was canceled but the locals said that we could still come hang out. I gave them…
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Punks Around #4: The Minot, North Dakota Punk Scene 2001-2018
by Joe Biel Author and Alexander Herbert Series Editor
Minot may only be the fourth largest city in North Dakota, but it's a key player in the punk…
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Put the Fun Between Your Legs
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Do you love bicycling so much that you want to wear it on a t-shirt? Let's celebrate fun and raciness.…
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Put the Fun Between Your Legs
by Joe Biel Illustrator
Get your mind out of the gutter! This beautiful pin, featuring a vintage bike with its message on delicate blue and…
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Put the Fun Between Your Legs magnet
by Joe Biel Author
Do you love bicycling so much that you want to decorate your fridge or your filing cabinet with this fine, magnetic…
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Put the Fun Between Your Legs sweatshirt
by Joe Biel Author
We've been hearing about how we should make this into a sweatshirt for over a decade and so we did! There are…
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Read a Fucking Book
by Joe Biel Illustrator
Reading books can be a direct path to joy, empathy, critical thinking, and taking action to improve your life and…
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Read Zines, Change the World
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Zines are a powerful tool for changing minds and sharing information. Get other people stoked about the power of zines…
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Record Store Counter Display Superpack
by Joe Biel Author, Daniel Makagon Author, Tom Neely Author, Ben Snakepit Author, Bob Suren Author, 4 more
This pack, specifically designed for record stores, includes: 1 Punk USA1 Punk Women1 The FBI War on Tupac Shakur1…
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Revolution Between the Lines Typewriter
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What you write matters. What you read matters. Understanding the subtext and context of what you write and read matters…
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Robert Smalls: The Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship, Broke the Code, & Freed a Village
by Joe Biel Author
During the Civil War, the enslaved Black crew of a Confederate ship was left to sleep on board overnight. Following a…
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Scarcity v Abundance
by Joe Biel Author
It's easy to find ourselves thinking that life is a zero sum game. The more one person has, the less another has.…
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Scarcity vs Abundance Thinking
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Put things into perspective and make sure you're on the right track. Life's too short not to be the best person…
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Share the Road
by Joe Biel Author and Matt Gauck Author
Personally, I'm not a communist and don't believe that the public should continue to subsidize automobiles on…
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Shift Happens: Critical Mass at 20
by Joe Biel Author, Elly Blue Author and Chris Carlsson Author
This is the sequel to Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration, an awesome classic that chronicled the…
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Stagnating vs Effective Leadership
by Joe Biel Author
Figure out which kind of leader you are (and then, if needed, become the one you want to be)!*Have your poster shipped…
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Stay Solid!: A Radical Handbook for Youth
by Joe Biel Author, Matt Hern Author and Cristy C. Road Author
It ain't easy being a kid these days. For the first time in generations, today's teens have worse prospects…
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